Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
With just about seven days left on the vow that the four members of the church had made, Paul agreed to join them and to pay their expenses. Before he could enter the inner grounds of the Temple, it was necessary that he offer a sacrifice of purification, which he...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Genesis chapter 3 tells us that after our first father rebelled against God and introduced sin into humanity, the Lord taught Adam and Eve about the necessity of blood sacrifices. From that time on, without the shedding of blood no human being can enjoy fellowship...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
As I read & re-read this scripture, I could not come up with an adequate expository message for this evening. We have looked at some of the more difficult statements, and we’ve already made a couple of applications. It’s not that there aren’t more good points to...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Wednesday night two weeks ago, we looked at whether or not Paul should have made this trip to Jerusalem. He was being told in “every city” and in every church from Corinth to Caesarea “that bonds and afflictions would abide him” once he reached...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
If someone asked you, “What is the basic theme of the Bible,” how would you answer? What is the Bible all about? I think that the primary purpose of the Word of God is to reveal Jehovah to us sinners. And an obvious corollary to that would be: to provide...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I have been asking the Lord for direction for our Adult Sunday School class. Where should we go now? What should we study? We have looked at every chapter and verse of the Bible, except for those chapters which are carbon copies of each others in either Kings,...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
A year ago we had a message from Acts 13 which was entitled: “It’s all about God.” Our title for this morning is a little more specific: “It’s all about Jesus.” In verse one Paul used the word “apologia,” which was translated...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
The title to our message tonight is: “God’s Perfect Servant.” Let me begin by saying that no such creature exists – outside the Lord Jesus Christ A perfect servant demands a perfect character, but as long as we live in this world, we are all going to be...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Are you one of those people who think that it would be a wonderful thing to know the future? I’m not so sure that it would be a great idea. Although in some specific cases it might be helpful. For example, we need to replace our church sign, but we need to get a...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I’d like you to use your imagination this morning to picture the worst possible criminal that you can. Perhaps he’s something like this: Although he was raised by a poor but godly Christian mother, he became the playground bully, killing neighborhood pets, and...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Wednesday, I brought up Ananais’ statement that Paul had been chosen by God with the purpose that he should know the Lord’s will. By the study of these words alone, it’s impossible to determine exactly what it was that he meant. Certainly, it didn’t mean that God was...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
When someone asks me what our church believes, I find myself choosing my words as carefully as possible. If I know anything about that person, I will even try to make my answer as palatable to his taste as I can. The other day, I got a call from a woman who talked...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
Have you ever been reading a book or an article and suddenly you came across a comment with which you totally disagreed, so you put the book down and didn’t pick it up again? Or maybe you were listening to someone, and the speaker said something to which you disagreed...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
We will finish our look at chapter 22 this evening. I wasn’t struck with any outstanding theology in these verses, so we won’t have six or eight messages. And even though there is some interesting biographical material, we’ve looked at some of it already. For the sake...
Jan 19, 2015 | Acts
I have in my hand here a $10 bill. If I gave this $10 dollars to a 6-month-old child, what do you think that he’d do with it? He’d probably try to eat it, wouldn’t he? If I gave this money to a 3-year-old, he might treasure & save it place because it was a gift...
